Momentus XT 750GB review

[Denithor]

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5160/seagate-2nd-generation-momentus-xt-750gb-hybrid-hdd-review

Seagate will eventually use the larger NAND to cache writes as well as reads. Early next year 750GB Momentus XT owners will get a firmware update adding write caching support. I've played with an early version of this firmware and it does improve performance tremendously.

Why is Anand teasing us like this?

Obviously the price of this drive is stupid compared to separate SSD+HDD but for laptops with a single bay it could be a winner, assuming the caching is up to par.

I do have to wonder why Seagate used 8GB of SLC instead of 16-20GB of MLC. With a good controller wear shouldn't be an issue.

 

[LokutusofBorg]

I figure it's ok to revive this thread since it already says what I would type in a new post...

Does anybody know if the new firmware to enable write caching has been released. I cannot find anything searching Google, nor trying to find firmware release notes on Seagate's site. This drive is very compelling, as long as the promise of write caching isn't false.